The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-10-18
DOLLY.
She Accompanies Her Husband
to see the President and
Sees Him.

told Will some time ago that when
President Cleveland came to St
Louis / must see him, and since he
had an equal anxiety to see the Presl-
dents wife, we made our prepare
tons and went.
Certainly We did not take the "ba-
bies" with us. l learned long since
that it is absolute torture to take
small children in a crowd, not alone
TO the mother, but to the children
themselves, and 50 ours were left
in excellent care at home.
We secured a rather comfortable
room at the Lindell aud then we began
to see the President. First We saw
him at the fair grounds where he was
greeted by 5000 children ali in gala
attire. and where he rode around the
amphitheatre and baked his bald
head beneath 'he rays of sun that
in some respects is a "Mugwump,
since it has shone on many parties.
and where he kissed little kindergar.
ten "tot" and made himself generally
free and democratic. Of course Mrs.
Cleveland was with him and as to how
she looked and behaved / must refer
you to that husband of mine. He
said, in that familiar way which
would seem to indicate that he
had in the halcyon days Of
Childhood eaten taffy from
the same stick with her that
FRANKIE was as pretty as q coach
dog, as trim as a racer and as graceful
as q ballet girl" l said {: "She has
fine eyes, which she uses with an eff
feet born of experience and the desire
of q second term, and her smile can
not be outdone bya SOzodont adver
tisement."
Will glanced at nae q second, and
then, with q mans tact, said "Dolly.
of course she is not as pretty as you
are, you know, but she is pretty
enough for Grover, eh ?" "Bah y /
said, "don't be a fool, Will. / Ger
tainly can bear to hear another woman
praised without having myself salyed
over, bat you must remember that a
woman sees another woman with the
speclscles which point out de6cien
cies. snd / say that Mrs. Grover Fran
ces Folsom Cleveland is nearly an av-
erage looking woman, with the one re-
deeming quality of pleasant express
sion." All right, Dolly" answered
Will, "but at any rate We will see as
much of her as possible, and to that
end we had better get back to the
city"
You will notice that Will said
"her," and / actually believe he never
looked at the president once, for he
cautiously asked me as we were COM
ing home if l didn't think "Grover
wore a vigr / said, Eyes, / suppose
so, but it looks to nae as
if hair was scarce wheD
it was made" Will laughed and said
slyly. "Well you know Dolly. he lie
heirless and Of course his wig had to
match" Certainly" / responded,
but no more of that, if ysu please, Viii
lie, this occasion is to be an heir loom
in the family" Will was awed into
silence by this and kept silent until
we were once more safely at the Lin.
dell and then he ssid. 81 mast be pre-
ssntsd to frankie, Dolly, / want to
everlastingly squelch Mayor Francis
and Crit Prather and the rest of these
fellows, and make Dick Gentry and
Tom KehOe and Bill Steele as sick as
reaches in a key of stale beer.
"Well,"I said, "but why can't you
wait fer the ball, you know we are
going to that" ooh / dunno" /
can't wait / guess, that is the only
reason, but l say, Dolly, what do you
think Of the case anyhow, do you be-
Iieve there is q woman in the United
States who would have refused the
position occupied by the presidents
wife even though she had to wed a
weasel eyed man with bald wig to
get it ?" 'No," / answered, II do not;
there is something in being at the very
pinnacle of power which neither man
nor.wsman can resist, and yet, Will, l
am quite sure that plenty of women
would not give up their own
husbands for the sake of
being in Mrs. Cleveland's place,
and if you will not quite lose your
head, may say, your wife is one of
the number" Will laughed and said,
al think, Dolly, there is loose bill
in my vest pocket which you can
have" and l secured it at once.
To get back to the presidential
menagerie. We went to the Lindell re-
ceptiOn, where We fought, bled, and
almost died in the crowd we shook